It means life has its ups and downs. Everything is not always great or not always bad. Somehow it all kind of balances out
I think how the text uses dramatic irony with the use of dramatic adjectives and other describing words. (sorry if I'm wrong I'm just not that smart)
Answer:
It is their friend's first time home all summer, and they want to make it special.
Explanation:
you have too sight the last name of the author and the page number whether it is a quote or paraphrased. the only time you don't have to is if you include it in the sentence.
Example for when you don't have to cite in text:
On page 13 Martin says, "blah blah bah bluh bleh blah"
... otherwise just put the citation in parentheses after the quote/paraphrase like so: (Martin,13)
I did a 3 second google search for "tim o'brien" and the first thing that came up was the novel he wrote about the vietnam war called "The Things They Carried" written in 1990.
